Andrew M. McClellan

Abused Bodies in Roman Epic

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first full study of corpse mistreatment and funeral violation in Greco-Roman epic poetry, illuminating many major texts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9781108482622
• ISBN-10: 1108482627
• Artikelnr.: 55185625

Autorenporträt

Andrew M. McClellan is the Stepsay Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics at San Diego State University. His research interests range widely across Greek and Latin literature, especially epic poetry, drama, historiography, and classical reception. He is particularly interested in the intersections of war, violence, and death in Roman epic poetry and society.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Notes on texts and abbreviations
Introduction
1. Setting the stage: corpse abuse in Homer and Virgil
2. Decapitation in Lucan, Statius, and Silius Italicus
3. Unburied past: Lucan's Bellum ciuile
4. Argonautic abuses: Valerius Flaccus' (and Apollonius') Argonautica
5. Funeral 'rights': Statius' Thebaid
6. Grave encounters: Silius Italicus' Punica
Epilogue: a post mortem
Bibliography
Index locorum
General index.